Topic: Stan Getz - My all-time favorite but weird clip
Andy Volk
From: Boston, MA
Posted 5 May 2006 6:48 am
My personal desert island list would start with Stan and Astrud Gilberto seen here in a weird 1964 clip from the period when Stan had Gary Burton in his quartet. It looks like a cross between the set of White Christmas and a gay bar. Astrud looks a little comotose and Stan throws a few lascivious glances her way. This is about the time when their affair broke up her marriage to Joao Gilberto. Stan was an incredible musician but a horrible person to his friends and family. Commenting on his mercurial nature, one musician once described him as "A nice bunch of guys".
[This message was edited by Andy Volk on 05 May 2006 at 07:48 AM.]
Charlie McDonald
From: out of the blue
Posted 5 May 2006 7:44 am
I would join you there. My favorite stuff.
Is that Cal Tjader on the left?
Bill Hatcher
From: Atlanta Ga. USA
Posted 5 May 2006 7:45 am
Cool clip.
I read that when they were doing the recording of "Girl From" that Joao was originally supposed to sing the song, but his English was not so good so they got Astrud to sing a demo for him to listen to the English words. The rest is history.
Getz did have the evil eye on her in the video!!
Garry Burton looks like an elongated version of Sherman on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show.
Great sound and a classic tune. I played it on my gig last night.
Ray Minich
From: Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
Posted 5 May 2006 10:29 am
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Stan throws a few lascivious glances her way.
Do not try this at home. They are professionals. At home you could get hurt!
Andy Volk
From: Boston, MA
Posted 5 May 2006 12:39 pm
What's Portugese for "Stop blowing smoke in my face!"?
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Posted 5 May 2006 4:16 pm
Yes, Astrud definitely looks like she O.D.'d on quaaludes! Of course, a lotta people back in the '60s looked the same way. (Ergo, the term "spaced-out".)
Rick McDuffie
From: Benson, North Carolina, USA
Posted 6 May 2006 11:29 am
What a great tenor man. I love Getz's sound... and that tune, although, I must've played it 2,000 times, is still fun... as is all Jobim's stuff.
Rick McDuffie
From: Benson, North Carolina, USA
Posted 6 May 2006 11:34 am
If Frank gets much more relaxed, he's gonna fall out of the chair!
P Gleespen
From: Toledo, OH USA
Posted 6 May 2006 5:06 pm
Gary Burton looks so young! Ah, but he'll always be an old fuddy duddy to me.
Stan Getz is so badass it's painful.
David L. Donald
From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
Posted 6 May 2006 9:17 pm
Thankfully when I played with Gary Burton he had lost those glasses.
Yeah Getz is ANYTHING but PC here.
Welcome to the mysoginist 60's.
Beautiful warm tone, coupled to a cold cold heart.
All in all it looks like a Thai ladyboy bar, with snow.
Astrud had a lovely voice and little stage persona.
Contrast that with Frank just sitting there.
Huge character, great delevery and doing a great version too.
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Darryl Hattenhauer
From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Posted 10 May 2006 9:33 pm
Anybody got a vid of Homer and Jethro's "Pig from Ipanema"?
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Bill Cunningham
From: Atlanta, Ga. USA
Posted 12 May 2006 4:53 am
My bookcase has "Stan Getz-A Life In Jazz" by Donald L. Maggin from 10+ years ago. As I remember its a pretty good read.
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Cody Campbell
From: Nashville, Tennessee
Posted 13 May 2006 9:26 pm
I think I know what y'all mean about the 'look' that stan has (after the singer walks on stage) , but I don't understand your suggestion that she might be on something. ??
Dan Sawyer
From: Studio City, California, USA
Posted 14 May 2006 1:34 am
Great clip Andy. The funniest thing to me is: she's singing into a mic on stage. Then she walks off stage, still singing and the sound of her voice doesn't change!
David Doggett
From: Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
Posted 14 May 2006 10:26 am
May God give all us guys an audience like that - all gorgeous young women in tight sweaters and short-shorts. I wonder what the heck the supposed pretext was for that scene? Astrud may or may not have been on something. That was the laid-back bossa nova style back then. And hey, Stan's just doing his job - keeping an eye on the lead singer and playing the heck out of his tenor.
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Of course, a lotta people back in the '60s looked the same way. (Ergo, the term "spaced-out".)
